Barriers to implementing acupuncture therapy for cancer patients
From Dr. Susan Veleber, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Integrative Medicine

https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/spotlight/2024/02/im-veleber-integrcancerther.html

#acupuncture #oncology #cancer #integrativemedicine

...but it sounds so much like a Tom Hanks movie...

♲ PhoenixSerenity - 2024-03-13 02:01:42 GMT

A #Taiwanese #movie about #children & #PreTeens with #cancer is currently being shown in the #UnitedStates & #Canada."BIG," which is directed by Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖) and is about children living in a Taiwanese #pediatric #oncology ward who move into Room 816, or "BIG" as they call it, began its North American tour on March 7 as part of the 6th #NorthAmerica #TaiwaneseFilm Tour Festival.

https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202403120020

#AsianMastodon #TaiwanFilm #FilmTour #AsianFilm #TootSEA

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https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/integrating-mind-body-therapies-can-help-cancer-patients-with-anxiety-and-depression/
#acupuncture #cancer #oncology

Integrating mind-body therapies can help cancer patients with anxiety and depression - Advanced Science News

How embracing complementary therapies for depression and anxiety during cancer therapy can be a powerful way to enhance quality of life and patient outcomes.

#health

#oncology

(https://www.inverse.com/health/lung-cancer-rates-demographics)

Lung Cancer Rates Are Soaring Among Unlikely Groups — an Oncologist Explains Why

Over the past 15 years, more women, non-smokers and younger people have received lung cancer diagnoses.

Helene Langevin: #Acupuncture, #Oncology & #Fascia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enagD8kFvrg

An overview of guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2) composed by the Society for Integrative Oncology (2), which gives an overview of the current evidence base for therapies like acupuncture in the care of oncology patients.

(1) https://integrativeonc.org/
(2) https://www.asco.org/practice-patients/guidelines/patient-and-survivor-care

#acupuncture #cancer #oncology #alternativemedicine #evidence #research #asco #integrativeonc #medicine

Human Injected With Cancer-killing Virus Vaxinia | Newsweek

Scientists have injected a human medical trial participant with a virus that is designed to kill cancer cells.
The treatment is known as oncolytic virus therapy, in which a natural virus is genetically modified to enter cancer cells and replicate itself, thus killing them. Crucially, it's designed to do this while avoiding healthy cells.

#science #medicine #health #oncology #cancer #viruses

https://www.newsweek.com/vaxinia-oncolytic-virus-therapy-cancer-health-medicine-trial-1709097

Human injected with cancer-killing virus Vaxinia

It's hoped that the virus will be able to enter cancer cells and kill them from the inside by replicating.

"Acupuncture is a safe, cost-effective and evidence-based treatment for cancer pain" https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/acupuncture-cancer-pain/

Acupuncture’s mechanisms for treating cancer pain are thought to be similar to those for treating other painful conditions, whether the pain is categorised as acute or chronic.

#CancerPain #Acupuncture #EvidenceBasedAcupuncture #Oncology

Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Treatment for Cancer Pain - Evidence Based Acupuncture

Studies have indicated that acupuncture is a feasible and safe treatment and may successfully be used to treat cancer patients for symptom management due to the low risks associated with its use. Acupuncture’s mechanisms for treating cancer pain...